BubbleUp Take5: The Year for Kindness (ways to promote kindness in your classroom and your school)

Happy New Year! What better way to start the new year than with a Take5 (okay, it's really a Take9 because we just couldn't stop once we started) focused on all things kindness related? In 2018, let's help one another promote kindness, empathy and caring in our classrooms, within the hearts of our students, and in our school communities.  2018, we've got this.

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Can kindness be taught? (The New York Times)

​How to design a school that prioritizes kindness and caring (Mind/Shift KQED)​

​7 fun ways to teach kindness to kids (mindbodygreen)

​5 minute film festival: Videos on kindness, empathy and connection (Edutopia)
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49 ways to create a tidal wave on kindness in schools (We Are Teachers)

​100 acts of kindness for kids (Coffee Cups and Crayons)

​4 ways to embrace kindness in middle and high school (Medium.com)​

​8 reasons for teaching kindness in schools (TeachThought)

​Why kindness matters in the workplace (Forbes)

Have a strategy for sharing kindness with your students or school? We'd love to hear from you. 

In kindness,

Corey and Gretchen 

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